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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The talent showcase “Lake County Live!” continues this month at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre in Lakeport, featuring the talented ensemble Rural Jazz Project.
The show will take place beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 28.
The Rural Jazz Project features Tom Aiken on keyboard and Steve DuBois on drums, along with Rick LeVasseur on bass and the talents of Dave Borjon. Joining the group and returning to Lake County Live! is local saxophone artist Jim Leonardis.
The show is live in the theater and is also broadcast live on Lake County Community Radio, KPFZ, at 88.1 FM, as well as streamed live on the Internet at www.kpfz.org .
Joining the musical performers this month will be the return of Ladies of the Lake, the Dogs of Clearlake and a few surprises along the way.
“Every month we ask our performers and audience to give their support to local artists and musicians, and every month they continue to amaze and entertain us,” said show creator and host Doug Rhoades. “I think there is an unending well of talent here in Lake County, and our program is designed to showcase that talent and provide a venue to promote it.”
Joining Rhoades and the musical performers this month will be Richard Smith, Pam Bradley, Vicky Parish Smith and Kris Andre, along with show announcer Mitchell Hauptman.
Tickets for the show are available at the box office, at www.soperreesetheatre.com and at the Travel Center at 1265 South Main St. in Lakeport.
Rhoades added “The show started as a wild idea, and that dream has continued for over a year and a half. July marks our 19th performance, and we as a group are so grateful to our receptive audience, who continues to enjoy each performance.”
Tickets for the show are available at www.soperreesetheatre.com ; at the Travel Center in Lakeport at 1265 S. Main St.; or at the theater before the show on Sunday.
A rebroadcast of the show can be heard on the Saturday following the live show at 7 a.m. on KPFZ 88.1 FM.
Visit the show’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LakeCountyLive .
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – More kittens and cats are waiting for new homes this week at the county’s animal shelter.
They range in age from 15 weeks to 3 years, and all have been spayed or neutered in preparation for adoption.
In addition to spaying or neutering, cats that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are microchipped before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.
If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets there, hoping you'll choose them.
The following cats at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (other cats pictured on the animal control Web site that are not listed here are still “on hold”).
Brown tabby kitten
This female brown tabby kitten is 15 weeks old.
She has a long coat and gold eyes, weighs 3.2 pounds and has been spayed.
She’s in cat room kennel No. 12a, ID No. 36912.
Brown tabby kitten
This male brown tabby kitten is 15 weeks old.
He has a long coat and gold eyes, weighs 3.6 pounds and has been neutered.
He’s in cat room kennel No. 12b, ID No. 36913.
Domestic short hair mix
This female domestic short hair mix is 2 years old.
She has blue eyes, a gray and white coat, and she’s been spayed.
She’s in cat room kennel No. 13, ID No. 36676.
Male orange tabby kitten
This male orange tabby kitten is 5 months old.
He has a short orange and white coat, weighs 5 pounds and has been neutered.
Find him in cat room kennel No. 53a, ID No. 36862.
Female domestic short hair kitten
This female domestic short hair kitten is 5 months old.
She has a short black and white coat and has been spayed.
She's in cat room kennel No. 53b, ID No. 36863.
Orange tabby
This male orange tabby is 3 years old.
He has a medium-length coat and gold eyes, weighs almost 11 pounds and has been altered.
He's in cat room kennel No. 61, ID No. 36800.
Calico kitten
This female calico kitten is 4 months old.
She has a short dilute calico coat and green eyes, weighs 3 pounds and has been spayed.
She's in cat room kennel No. 66a, ID No. 36705.
Calico kitten
This female calico kitten is 4 months old.
She has a short dilute calico coat and green eyes, weighs 3 pounds and has been spayed.
She's in cat room kennel No. 66b, ID No. 36706.
Calico kitten
This female calico kitten is 4 months old.
She has a short dilute calico coat and green eyes, weighs 3 pounds and has been spayed.
She's in cat room kennel No. 66c, ID No. 36707.
Calico kitten
This female calico kitten is 17 weeks old.
She has a short tortie calico coat and green eyes, weighs 3 pounds and has been spayed.
She's in cat room kennel No. 66d, ID No. 36708.
Domestic short hair mix
This male domestic short hair mix kitten is 4 months old.
He weighs 2.4 pounds, has green eyes and a white coat, and has been neutered.
Find him in cat room kennel No. 73a, ID No. 36973.
Gray and white tabby
This male gray and white tabby kitten is 4 months old.
He has a short coat and green eyes, weighs 3.4 pounds and has been neutered.
He’s in cat room kennel No. 73b, ID No. 36974.
Adoptable cats also can be seen at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Cats_and_Kittens.htm or at www.petfinder.com .
Please note: Cats listed at the shelter's Web page that are said to be “on hold” are not yet cleared for adoption.
To fill out an adoption application online visit http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control/Adopt/Dog___Cat_Adoption_Application.htm .
Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm .
For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
The USGS has upgraded the magnitude of this quake from 3.4 to 3.7.
COBB, Calif. – A 3.7-magnitude earthquake was reported near The Geysers geothermal steamfield on Sunday afternoon.
The moderately sized quake occurred at 3:40 p.m., according to the US Geological Survey.
It was centered two miles northwest of The Geysers and 13 miles southwest of Clearlake, at a depth of 2.1 miles, the survey reported.
No shake reports had been submitted to the survey shortly after 4 p.m., however Lake County News received reports from a reader in the Cobb area who felt it.
A 3.2-magnitude quake was reported near The Geysers on Thursday, July 4, according to US Geological Survey records.
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NICE, Calif. – Firefighters were able to quickly contain a small wildland fire that burned in an orchard in Nice on Sunday afternoon.
The fire, located at the corner of Collier Avenue and Highway 20, was first dispatched at around 2:45 p.m. Sunday, according to radio reports.
Firefighters arriving on scene encountered a growing column of smoke and some wind, reports from the scene indicated.
Northshore Fire responded, with Cal Fire also sending a full wildland response. However, the fire was reported contained shortly before 3 p.m., with additional resources canceled.
The fire was contained at one acre, with no structures involved, radio reports indicated.
Reports from the scene indicated firefighters would remain on scene for two hours to mop up.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Saturday, July 6, Habitat for Humanity Lake County celebrated the dedication of its 17th home with the home’s owners, the Swift family.
Along with family, friends, volunteers and staff, Mendo Lake Credit Union was on hand to present the new homeowners with a check for $500 to help in furnishing their new home.
This was Habitat’s first home completed in the city of Lakeport, a project that could not have been completed without the generosity of the organization’s many volunteers and donors.
To learn more about how you could become a Habitat homeowner, or to volunteer or donate, call 707-994-1100 or visit the office at 16285 A Main St. in Lower Lake.
Astronomers working with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away.
The planet is HD 189733b, one of the closest exoplanets that can be seen crossing the face of its star, and its color is cobalt blue. If seen directly, this planet would look like a deep blue dot, reminiscent of Earth’s color as seen from space.
Hubble’s Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph measured changes in the color of light from the planet before, during and after a pass behind its star. There was a small drop in light and a slight change in the color of the light.
“We saw the light becoming less bright in the blue but not in the green or red. Light was missing in the blue but not in the red when it was hidden,” said research team member Frederic Pont of the University of Exeter in South West England. “This means that the object that disappeared was blue.”
Earlier observations have reported evidence for scattering of blue light on the planet. The latest Hubble observation confirms the evidence.
Although the planet resembles Earth in terms of color, it is not an Earth-like world.
On this turbulent alien world, the daytime temperature is nearly 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and it possibly rains glass – sideways – in howling, 4,500-mile-per-hour winds.
The cobalt blue color comes not from the reflection of a tropical ocean as it does on Earth, but rather a hazy, blow-torched atmosphere containing high clouds laced with silicate particles.
Silicates condensing in the heat could form very small drops of glass that scatter blue light more than red light.
Hubble and other observatories have made intensive studies of HD 189733b and found its atmosphere to be changeable and exotic.
HD 189733b is among a bizarre class of planets called hot Jupiters, which orbit precariously close to their parent stars.
HD 189733b was discovered in 2005. It is only 2.9 million miles from its parent star, so close that it is gravitationally locked. One side always faces the star and the other side is always dark.
In 2007, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope measured the infrared light, or heat, from the planet, leading to one of the first temperature maps for an exoplanet.
The map shows day side and night side temperatures on HD 189733b differ by about 500 degrees Fahrenheit. This should cause fierce winds to roar from the day side to the night side.
For more information about hot Jupiters and the weather they experience, check out the ScienceCast video “Big Weather on Hot Jupiters” below.
Dr. Tony Phillips works for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.